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课件网) Unit 2 Exploring English Understanding ideas 【版本：新外研 册别：必修一】 contents Pre-reading Ⅰ Language points Ⅳ Fast reading Ⅱ Homework Ⅴ Intensive reading Ⅲ Ⅵ Post-reading Learning Objectives Get the main idea of the passage; Find out the supportive examples; Retell the passage using the information map; Share your understanding of English and English study. Ⅰ Pre-reading Look at the charts and answer the questions. According to Chart 1, which language has the largest number of native speakers Chinese has the largest number of native speakers. Look at the charts and answer the questions. According to Chart 2, which language has the largest number of learners English has the largest number of learners. Look at the charts and answer the questions. What can you learn from Chart 3 The number of English learners in China is increasing. Why do you think many people in China learn English Watch a video and answer the questions. Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first language Where do a third of English words come from What examples are given in the video Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first language Where do a third of English words come from What examples are given in the video The UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. More than a third of English words come from French. For example, “fruit”, “table”, “crocodile” and “invasion”. Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Guess what the passage is about. (P19-20) food cooking words plants fruit Ⅱ Fast reading Read the passage quickly and answer the questions. What is the passage about What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage Tips for getting the main idea of a passage quickly Analyze the title and the pictures carefully and predict. Read for the topic sentence, which is usually in the first or last paragraph. Read the first sentence of each paragraph. Pay attention to the structure of the passage. Read the passage quickly and answer the questions. What is the passage about food cooking words plants fruit Read the passage quickly and answer the questions. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage A. To tell us that English is difficult to learn. B. To give advice on how to learn English. C. To show that English is interesting and creative. D. To explain how English was created. III Intensive reading Read the passage carefully and complete the notes with words from the passage. (P21) Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English I hadn't, until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether there was ham in a hamburger. There isn't. This made me realize that there's no egg in eggplant either. Neither is there pine nor apple in pincapple. This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn. For example, in our free time we can sculpt a sculpture and paint a painting, but w ... ...
